BTS will not be performing at Coachella 2027. The festival unveiled its 2027 lineup this week, and while five Korean acts made the bill — BLACKPINK’s Jisoo, NCT, BABYMONSTER, DJ Peggy Gou and traditional-music band Leenalchi — the world’s biggest K-pop group was nowhere on the poster.
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival returns to the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, over two weekends, April 9-11 and April 16-18, 2027. Dua Lipa, Tame Impala and SZA top the bill as headliners, with Madonna and Zara Larsson also on the lineup. Jisoo will perform on Fridays, April 9 and 16, in her first solo appearance at the festival; NCT take the Saturdays, April 10 and 17; and BABYMONSTER close out the Sundays, April 11 and 18. Peggy Gou and Leenalchi are also on the Friday lineup.
BTS’s absence is the biggest talking point. U.S. media had reported since September that Coachella organizer Goldenvoice was in talks to book the group as a 2027 headliner, and Goldenvoice chief Paul Tollett was spotted in the crowd at BTS’s full-group comeback concert in Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square in March. With BTS’s world tour wrapping up in March, the April festival dates looked like a natural fit. But the negotiations ultimately broke down — TMZ reported that BTS had declined an offer to perform — and the group’s name was missing from the final lineup.
For Jisoo, the booking continues a long Coachella story for BLACKPINK. The group became the first K-pop girl group to play the festival in 2019 and the first Asian act to headline it in 2023. Jisoo will now become the third BLACKPINK member to take the Coachella stage solo, following Jennie and Lisa.
NCT and BABYMONSTER will both make their Coachella debuts. NCT are billed simply as “NCT,” with no specific unit named on the poster, though NCT 127 and NCT DREAM are expected to perform. BABYMONSTER become the latest YG Entertainment group to be booked for the festival, following 2NE1, BLACKPINK and BIGBANG. Leenalchi, known for fusing pansori with alternative pop, round out a Korean contingent spanning idol pop, electronic music and traditional sounds.
No official statement was available from BTS’s agency HYBE or from Goldenvoice about the failed booking. Coachella 2027 tickets are scheduled to go on sale on November 13 at noon local time in California.
